Our little island Sri Lanka is blessed with many forests.Among those Sinharaja is considered as the largest tropical rainforest which is home to many rare animals,birds,insects and reptiles.It's the only undisturbed forest,about 9000 hectares in extent.This contains many rivers and streams.it also contains a large number of plants used for Ayurvedic medicine.In addition 60% percent of trees found here are endemic to Sri Lanka.Sinharaja provides a habitat for thousand of animals.Plants provide them with food.there are herbivores,carnivores and mix feeders.It is a forest with a high degree of bio-diversity.Every scrap of land is hatted with vegetation of some sort. Trees have slender trunk which break out in a cluster of branches near the top. Also they are enveloped wonderfully with variety of climbing plants and rope like thick creepers. The earth of the forest is very dark and silent.
Unfortunately this National heritage has faced a threat today,due to merciless collectors of wild life specimens. Some valuable plants and animal species are being smuggled under hand. But this is legally protected and no one can cut down trees or destroy it in anyway.It is truly a national treasure.
